Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Naruto: Water ❯ Chapter 8 Second Round Knock Out ( Chapter 8 )
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Chapter 8: Second Round Knock Out
With a yawn and a small stretch, Kiba awakened. Looking over and finding Neji still asleep and Akamaru asleep in his lap. He couldn’t resist giving Neji a small kiss before lowering his injured leg to the ground and standing up.
“This is going to be one hell of a mission. Better have a my energy.” Kiba mumbled to himself, walking to the kitchen and opening the refrigerator and looking around. He settled for a bowl of cereal and some orange juice having eaten a few hours before.
By the time he finished Neji had awakened and walked in to the kitchen. Akamaru had found his way on to his head and Neji promptly pulled him off and gave him to Kiba. “I think he likes you.” Kiba teased, Neji rolled his eyes, fixing his hair before heading back in to the living room.
“Hungry?” Kiba got an affirmative bark from Akamaru. He set him down on the table, retrieving a bag of dog food from the corner and pouring a sizable amount in to Akamaru bowl. Watching as the dog leapt happily toward it. “Eat up.” he said, rubbing Akamaru’s head “We got some hard work ahead of us.”
Neji sat down on the couch, checking his equipment while he waited. It wasn’t long before he pulled out his first Kunai did he hear an impatient knock at the door. “The door’s unlocked Sasuke.” Neji called out, knowing it could only be him.
And just as he expected, Sasuke walked in, stopping in front of the couch. He was wearing an all black outfit instead of his usual blue and white, on his back he had a small book bag most likely filled with supplies. “Ready?” He asked.
“Yes.” Neji stood to his feet, putting his equipment back in it’s place and looking towards the kitchen where Kiba was still knelling by Akamaru. Seeing that Sasuke was here and Neji was ready to go, he emerged with Akamaru sitting on his head. He usual would have had him in his coat, and would now if it wasn’t an unusual 90 degrees out.
Sasuke headed outside, Kiba and Neji following closely behind. “Since your looking for Konohamaru, I assume there’s a story behind it.” Kiba said. Sasuke glanced back, it might be helpful if he told them what happened.
“When Konoha was being attacked, I led Konohamaru out of the village To a safe spot near the forest. When I returned he was missing and I tried to follow as best I could. I found this--”
Sasuke held up Konohamaru’s scarf. “I kept going and I found Itachi carrying away Konohamaru.”
There was a small silence between them before Sasuke continued. “I found out that those demons that attacked the other day were the Nine-Tail’s offspring. And he took Konohamaru for some reason connected to that.” Sasuke told them.
“That doesn’t make any sense, Konohamaru doesn’t have anything to do with them.” Kiba couldn’t make any sense out of it.
“He could possibly want to use him as a lure.” Neji suggested.
“A lure? But he could have found just anyone for that.” Sasuke said. “Maybe Konohamaru was just anyone…”
‘He picked the wrong anyone…’ Sasuke growled in his mind.
“Yeah, there’s probably still a lot of them around in the forest. But what would he want to lure them for?” Kiba asked.
“Maybe to capture them.” Neji lifted his hand to his chin as he usually did when he was thinking.
They quickly made it out of Konoha, Sasuke steeping out of Kiba’s way. With his strong sense of smell he was able to pick up something immediately. “Let me see that scarf…” Kiba requested. Sasuke handed him Konohamaru’s scarf and he checked the sent. “I smell the sent of 2 people, one of them is definitely Konohamaru.”
“How far away?” Sasuke asked.
“2 miles at the most.” Kiba told him, shifting his direction to the left to get on course.
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‘Where am I….’
Konohamaru finally woke up after a day of sleeping, he felt that drag and energy loss that came with over sleeping. Along with the pain coming from the wound on the back of his head, like someone had it that same spot repeatedly.
The first thing he remembered was looking to the face of someone that resembled Sasuke. ‘What did he do to me?’ Konohamaru thought, finally opening his eyes. He was blinded by sunlight, making him close his eyes again. He was about to groan, but thought better of it when he felt his hands were tied, which was uncomfortable because he was laying on his back.
‘That person…he may still be nearby…’ Konohamaru thought, listening carefully for any voices. Just barely he herd some behind him, two people were talking.
“We got people on our trial coming this way. You want me to handle it Itachi?”
“Hmm…It must be him again. He may cause a problem…Go ahead Kisame.”
‘Itachi, Kisame? Who are they?’ Konohamaru thought, but that wasn’t his main concern. He had to get out of here, but first he had to get out of these ropes. He felt around his body, hoping that any of his equipment was left. Nope, he had nothing left…
Konohamaru froze, trying to be as still as possible when he herd someone walking past him. Apparently he wasn’t still enough because that person stopped.
“?”
‘Crap…!’ Konohamaru almost jumped when he felt a large foot slip under his back and roll him on to his stomach. Leaving him face down on the ground.
It was apparently enough to satisfy him and the man left.
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Kiba came to an abrupt stop, watching a Kunai fly past his face. “What the hell!” He looked toward the source, finding a man in full black looking towards them from the ground. More distinctly he had an extremely large sword wrapped in bandages.
“Sorry but I can’t let you go any farther.” The man said, lifting the sword off his shoulder and holding it in a ready stance. Neji looked over him, knowing he recognized that face from someplace
“Your Hoshigaki Kisame aren’t you…?” Neji asked, using his Byakugan to attempt to look inside the sword
“Not as dumb as you look after all.” Kisame replied.
“You know him?” Kiba asked.
“No, but I know he’s an S-class criminal.” Neji found a large amount of Chakra in his sword, and it seemed a Jutsu was sealed on to it. Even stranger he found tenketsu points, and they all seemed to be pulling inward.
“That sword is Samehada isn’t, it absorbs Chakra. Am I correct?” Neji asked.
“Pretty smart, to bad I have to kill you.” Kisame smirked, swinging the sword at them and sending a burst of wind forward. The three quickly jumped out of the way, watching the tree branch they were on be blown to pieces.
“Damnit! I can’t waste time with this guy!” Sasuke shouted, throwing a Shrunken at him. Kisame blocked it with his sword and leapt forward.
“I need to go find Konohamaru!” Sasuke dived back as Kisame, bringing the Samehada down from over his head, narrowly missing Sasuke.
Neji and Kiba came from behind, kicking him in the back. “Alright then, Just keep going in this direction and you’ll find him.” Kiba said, jumping down to the ground with Neji and landing in Kisame’s path of Sasuke.
“Idiots, instead of running you should be saying your last words.” Kisame growled.
“Just don’t let his sword touch you.” Neji whispered, getting a nod from Kiba.
“You think we’re that easy to beat. Let’s show him Akamaru! Mimic me!” Kiba said, Akamaru jumping on to the ground and in a rush of smoke a copy of Kiba appeared.
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Sasuke had more to worry about then just Itachi, Konohamaru’s life was at stake and he couldn’t afford to get unfocused. The fact that he couldn’t beat his brother had been realized and he didn’t have time to be mad about it now.
So he’d have to get him out with out Itachi noticing, easier said then done. And with his injures from the day before, he wasn’t nearly as fast. So he couldn’t even be caught by Kisame on the way back.
Sasuke moved slowly with soft breaths as he approached a clearing, peering through the bushes and using the strong winds to cover any sounds he was making. Sure enough he saw Konohamaru laying face down on the ground, his hands and legs tied.
Itachi was nearby with his back turned, apparently shifting threw a back for something. Konohamaru peaked one eye open, looking up at Itachi, then shifting his gaze around randomly. ‘Konohamaru! I have to make sure he sees me…’
Sasuke waited for the wind again, which seemed to be blowing frequently too Sasuke’s favor, then peaked his head subtly out of the bushes to be visible. Konohamaru’s eyes went wide when he saw him, but he still remained quite.
Once again the boy began to get that piercing feeling he always got when the Sharingan was used on him. But this time he felt that uniquely Sasuke feeling, completely different then the one he got when Itachi used it on him. ‘Sasuke!’ Konohamaru shouted in his mind.
‘Konohamaru! Are you alright?’ Sasuke asked.
‘Beside laying face down in the dirt and my arms and head hurt, yes.’
‘I’ll kill the bastard!’ Sasuke shouted, forgetting about the Sharingan connection for a moment.
‘Sasuke?’
‘He hurt you, I’ll murder him!’
‘Sasuke!’
‘…’
‘Help me, I don’t know what he wanted with me. But… it looks like it involves a bottle of green stuff and a scroll.’ Konohamaru said, glancing up he could just barely see to the side of Itachi and what he was doing.
‘Alright… I’ll get you out of there, just stay quiet and as still as possible.’ Sasuke told him.
Sasuke thought about it, but quickly came up with a simple plan. He quietly did the hand seals for a transformation Jutsu, changing into a field mouse and walking causally out of the bushes.
Itachi looked over his shoulder, not seeing anything out of the ordinary he turned back to what he was doing. With a sigh of relief, Sasuke jumped on to Konohamaru’s back, changing back.
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With a yawn and a small stretch, Kiba awakened. Looking over and finding Neji still asleep and Akamaru asleep in his lap. He couldn’t resist giving Neji a small kiss before lowering his injured leg to the ground and standing up.
“This is going to be one hell of a mission. Better have a my energy.” Kiba mumbled to himself, walking to the kitchen and opening the refrigerator and looking around. He settled for a bowl of cereal and some orange juice having eaten a few hours before.
By the time he finished Neji had awakened and walked in to the kitchen. Akamaru had found his way on to his head and Neji promptly pulled him off and gave him to Kiba. “I think he likes you.” Kiba teased, Neji rolled his eyes, fixing his hair before heading back in to the living room.
“Hungry?” Kiba got an affirmative bark from Akamaru. He set him down on the table, retrieving a bag of dog food from the corner and pouring a sizable amount in to Akamaru bowl. Watching as the dog leapt happily toward it. “Eat up.” he said, rubbing Akamaru’s head “We got some hard work ahead of us.”
Neji sat down on the couch, checking his equipment while he waited. It wasn’t long before he pulled out his first Kunai did he hear an impatient knock at the door. “The door’s unlocked Sasuke.” Neji called out, knowing it could only be him.
And just as he expected, Sasuke walked in, stopping in front of the couch. He was wearing an all black outfit instead of his usual blue and white, on his back he had a small book bag most likely filled with supplies. “Ready?” He asked.
“Yes.” Neji stood to his feet, putting his equipment back in it’s place and looking towards the kitchen where Kiba was still knelling by Akamaru. Seeing that Sasuke was here and Neji was ready to go, he emerged with Akamaru sitting on his head. He usual would have had him in his coat, and would now if it wasn’t an unusual 90 degrees out.
Sasuke headed outside, Kiba and Neji following closely behind. “Since your looking for Konohamaru, I assume there’s a story behind it.” Kiba said. Sasuke glanced back, it might be helpful if he told them what happened.
“When Konoha was being attacked, I led Konohamaru out of the village To a safe spot near the forest. When I returned he was missing and I tried to follow as best I could. I found this--”
Sasuke held up Konohamaru’s scarf. “I kept going and I found Itachi carrying away Konohamaru.”
There was a small silence between them before Sasuke continued. “I found out that those demons that attacked the other day were the Nine-Tail’s offspring. And he took Konohamaru for some reason connected to that.” Sasuke told them.
“That doesn’t make any sense, Konohamaru doesn’t have anything to do with them.” Kiba couldn’t make any sense out of it.
“He could possibly want to use him as a lure.” Neji suggested.
“A lure? But he could have found just anyone for that.” Sasuke said. “Maybe Konohamaru was just anyone…”
‘He picked the wrong anyone…’ Sasuke growled in his mind.
“Yeah, there’s probably still a lot of them around in the forest. But what would he want to lure them for?” Kiba asked.
“Maybe to capture them.” Neji lifted his hand to his chin as he usually did when he was thinking.
They quickly made it out of Konoha, Sasuke steeping out of Kiba’s way. With his strong sense of smell he was able to pick up something immediately. “Let me see that scarf…” Kiba requested. Sasuke handed him Konohamaru’s scarf and he checked the sent. “I smell the sent of 2 people, one of them is definitely Konohamaru.”
“How far away?” Sasuke asked.
“2 miles at the most.” Kiba told him, shifting his direction to the left to get on course.
! - ! - !
‘Where am I….’
Konohamaru finally woke up after a day of sleeping, he felt that drag and energy loss that came with over sleeping. Along with the pain coming from the wound on the back of his head, like someone had it that same spot repeatedly.
The first thing he remembered was looking to the face of someone that resembled Sasuke. ‘What did he do to me?’ Konohamaru thought, finally opening his eyes. He was blinded by sunlight, making him close his eyes again. He was about to groan, but thought better of it when he felt his hands were tied, which was uncomfortable because he was laying on his back.
‘That person…he may still be nearby…’ Konohamaru thought, listening carefully for any voices. Just barely he herd some behind him, two people were talking.
“We got people on our trial coming this way. You want me to handle it Itachi?”
“Hmm…It must be him again. He may cause a problem…Go ahead Kisame.”
‘Itachi, Kisame? Who are they?’ Konohamaru thought, but that wasn’t his main concern. He had to get out of here, but first he had to get out of these ropes. He felt around his body, hoping that any of his equipment was left. Nope, he had nothing left…
Konohamaru froze, trying to be as still as possible when he herd someone walking past him. Apparently he wasn’t still enough because that person stopped.
“?”
‘Crap…!’ Konohamaru almost jumped when he felt a large foot slip under his back and roll him on to his stomach. Leaving him face down on the ground.
It was apparently enough to satisfy him and the man left.
! - ! -!
Kiba came to an abrupt stop, watching a Kunai fly past his face. “What the hell!” He looked toward the source, finding a man in full black looking towards them from the ground. More distinctly he had an extremely large sword wrapped in bandages.
“Sorry but I can’t let you go any farther.” The man said, lifting the sword off his shoulder and holding it in a ready stance. Neji looked over him, knowing he recognized that face from someplace
“Your Hoshigaki Kisame aren’t you…?” Neji asked, using his Byakugan to attempt to look inside the sword
“Not as dumb as you look after all.” Kisame replied.
“You know him?” Kiba asked.
“No, but I know he’s an S-class criminal.” Neji found a large amount of Chakra in his sword, and it seemed a Jutsu was sealed on to it. Even stranger he found tenketsu points, and they all seemed to be pulling inward.
“That sword is Samehada isn’t, it absorbs Chakra. Am I correct?” Neji asked.
“Pretty smart, to bad I have to kill you.” Kisame smirked, swinging the sword at them and sending a burst of wind forward. The three quickly jumped out of the way, watching the tree branch they were on be blown to pieces.
“Damnit! I can’t waste time with this guy!” Sasuke shouted, throwing a Shrunken at him. Kisame blocked it with his sword and leapt forward.
“I need to go find Konohamaru!” Sasuke dived back as Kisame, bringing the Samehada down from over his head, narrowly missing Sasuke.
Neji and Kiba came from behind, kicking him in the back. “Alright then, Just keep going in this direction and you’ll find him.” Kiba said, jumping down to the ground with Neji and landing in Kisame’s path of Sasuke.
“Idiots, instead of running you should be saying your last words.” Kisame growled.
“Just don’t let his sword touch you.” Neji whispered, getting a nod from Kiba.
“You think we’re that easy to beat. Let’s show him Akamaru! Mimic me!” Kiba said, Akamaru jumping on to the ground and in a rush of smoke a copy of Kiba appeared.
! - ! - !
! - ! - !
Sasuke had more to worry about then just Itachi, Konohamaru’s life was at stake and he couldn’t afford to get unfocused. The fact that he couldn’t beat his brother had been realized and he didn’t have time to be mad about it now.
So he’d have to get him out with out Itachi noticing, easier said then done. And with his injures from the day before, he wasn’t nearly as fast. So he couldn’t even be caught by Kisame on the way back.
Sasuke moved slowly with soft breaths as he approached a clearing, peering through the bushes and using the strong winds to cover any sounds he was making. Sure enough he saw Konohamaru laying face down on the ground, his hands and legs tied.
Itachi was nearby with his back turned, apparently shifting threw a back for something. Konohamaru peaked one eye open, looking up at Itachi, then shifting his gaze around randomly. ‘Konohamaru! I have to make sure he sees me…’
Sasuke waited for the wind again, which seemed to be blowing frequently too Sasuke’s favor, then peaked his head subtly out of the bushes to be visible. Konohamaru’s eyes went wide when he saw him, but he still remained quite.
Once again the boy began to get that piercing feeling he always got when the Sharingan was used on him. But this time he felt that uniquely Sasuke feeling, completely different then the one he got when Itachi used it on him. ‘Sasuke!’ Konohamaru shouted in his mind.
‘Konohamaru! Are you alright?’ Sasuke asked.
‘Beside laying face down in the dirt and my arms and head hurt, yes.’
‘I’ll kill the bastard!’ Sasuke shouted, forgetting about the Sharingan connection for a moment.
‘Sasuke?’
‘He hurt you, I’ll murder him!’
‘Sasuke!’
‘…’
‘Help me, I don’t know what he wanted with me. But… it looks like it involves a bottle of green stuff and a scroll.’ Konohamaru said, glancing up he could just barely see to the side of Itachi and what he was doing.
‘Alright… I’ll get you out of there, just stay quiet and as still as possible.’ Sasuke told him.
Sasuke thought about it, but quickly came up with a simple plan. He quietly did the hand seals for a transformation Jutsu, changing into a field mouse and walking causally out of the bushes.
Itachi looked over his shoulder, not seeing anything out of the ordinary he turned back to what he was doing. With a sigh of relief, Sasuke jumped on to Konohamaru’s back, changing back.
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